Reprogram your stress reflex

 
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Two of the most common survival techniques when dealing with stress are fight or…

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Over time, this ingrained stress reflex takes its toll on our physical, psychological, and emotional well-being.

Stressors can’t hurt us; our response to them is what causes the damage.

Our goal isn't to avoid or eradicate stress, it’s to change our relationship with it.

It’s about self-management, not stress-management.

As Shawn Achor says in his TED Talk, the most effective way to have a healthy relationship with stress is to see it as a challenge rather than a threat.

Even when a situation can’t be changed, our mindset can.

Think of a stressor in your life:

  • How could you envision it as a challenge rather than a threat?

  • How might you adjust your response when it happens next time?

  • What preemptive action would help reduce the frequency of its occurrence?

Don’t aim to be stress-free, aim to be free from a stressed response.

It’s the difference between surviving the day-to-day, and thriving in it.

Ready to make the shift?

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